All rather odd to ask her to put herself in Blair’s position, of course. We ALL KNOW, DON’T WE that she would never have started from there. Oh, no.

Y-A-W-N! She’d have sorted out the Palestine situation first. Yes but, no but …you and whose army, Clare?

None of this will prevent this heroine of the left being lauded as principled and upright despite her unprincipled and downright inability to behave as we should expect from senior politicians.

Apart from that, how could she put herself in HIS position? In his position dress sense is required.

Upon such trifles great civilisations rise and fall, Ms Short, I’m afraid. Not on a I wouldn’t start from here grand pronouncement.

Hoggart says –

‘She had been conned into not resigning immediately. Tracey Blair had told her that Sharon Bush had promised to follow the Middle East road map, and that the UN would lead the reconstruction of Iraq. But had she taken the right decision at the time?’

‘”I still agree with myself” – a line only a politician could produce. As she left the room, the onlookers burst into applause. Unlike the inquiry, they adore anyone who sticks it to Tracey.’

No wait, that’s the mass murder Blair helped put an end to when Saddam’s death toll was capped at around 2 million. Monbiot must be referring to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi babies British troops have ruthlessly impaled on their bayonets. You heard all about that, right?